Muffin Break beans bang on

The Muffin Break chain is claiming a third election victory for its bean poll.

The poll - in which 120,000 customers cast a coffee bean vote for their preferred party - picked National to win, with a 12 per cent lead over Labour, had the Greens as the third largest party and predicted the demise of NZ First.

The bean poll put National on 44 per cent (actual vote 45.5 per cent), Labour 32 per cent (33.8 per cent), Greens 11 per cent (6.4 per cent) and NZ First 4 per cent (4.2 per cent).